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Capital: Kyiv

Population: 44 millions (to compare population of UK is 64 m)

Area: 603 sq. km (about the size of Texas or France)

77.8% Ukrainians17.3% Russian4.9% othersFlagNational emblemUkraineThe yellow half represents prosperity and the color of the country's wheat fields.The blue represents peace, the sky above Ukraine and the country's streamsWhen Ukraine was under Soviet rule this flag was forbidden as a symbol of nationalism. The Ukrainian SSR had its own flag.KYIVThe Motherland MonumentKyiv (also known as Kiev), a scenic city of close to 3 million people situated on the Dnipro River, is the capital of Ukraine.The most famous placesSt Volodymyr's CathedralStadium of the local team "Dynamo Kyiv"Maidan Nezalezhnosti(The Independence Square)This is how the same place looked like during the Revolution this year...RevolutionThe Ukrainian revolution of February 2014 (as we call it the Euromaidan or Revolution of Dignity) took place after a series of violent events towards protesters in the capital of Kiev that resulted subsequent impeachment of the then-President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych.Ukrainian traditionsTraditional costume called "vyshyvanka" (which contains elements of Ukrainian ethnic embroidery)KOROVAI (WEDDING BREAD)For Wedding celebrations, a large circular sweet bread, considered holy, is the most significant of all wedding breads. It is heavily decorated with symbolic ornamentsEasterEaster bread (called Paska)Painted eggs (called Pysanky)The Tryzub (pronounced “treh-zoob”) is the general symbol of Ukraine. Today, the tryzub is worn as a symbol of national pride, the Christian trinity.CuisineUkrainian borscht with smetanaBorscht is a vegetable soup made out of beets, cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, dillVareniki (dumplings) filled with cottage cheese, potatoes, stewed cabbage and berries in summerDerunypotato pancakesKvassKvass is a fermented beverage made from black or regular rye breadSaloSalo

consists of cured slabs of fatback , with or without skin. Adopted January 28, 1992 (originally in 1918)St Andrew's churchChicken KievBreaded cutlet dish of chicken breast pounded and rolled around cold garlic butter with herbs